On July 1, 1980 Santana played Frankfurt, Germany at the same venue in which Led Zeppelin played the night before. Jimmy Page hung around and attended the show, and even joined the band for a couple of tunes. 

What is noteworthy is how good the jams are. 1980 Jimmy can be very hit or miss. This is a hit. A hit out of the park. First of all Santana is an incredible band as is the recording (Master Soundboard) which was remastered by Dario Romero. They did a great job. 

I play a raucous and extremely tight Shake Your Moneymaker where Jimmy easily matches Carlos lick for lick. It's great. I then play Evil Ways which says it has Jimmy on it but I'm not too sure. Still a great performance from a great band.

Ep. 306 - Jimmy Page with Santana Frankfurt 1980 (Awesome)

Jake and Cutter pay homage to the legendary 1969 classic. "Led Zeppelin II", as they enjoy some amazing Italian food.  In today's episode. the Boys discuss the hateful Left's attempts to take down Elon Musk and Doge, the fall of Chuck Schumer, more failure and ineptitude from "The View" and the amazing salient mind of Harriet Hageman.  Oh, and a Leftist Influencer from Michigan "flames out" on Welfare Fraud...must have been the BMW !

Ep 417 - Enzo's | Lawrenceville, NJ - "SQUEEZE MY LEMON"

Led Zeppelin always seemed to bump it up a notch when touring the West Coast/PNW, and this is no exception. March 19, 1975 in Vancouver, BC is one of the better shows from this tour. I have covered this show before, but it's been almost 5 years since then, so.... fair game. 

I play Sick Again, Kashmir, & In My Time of Dying;  all of which new songs for this tour.

Ep. 307 - Led Zeppelin Vancouver 1975

Lynn & Carl remember their friend, Brian McKenna tragically killed by a car last weekend. They then are joined by Christine Gallagher, author of Ruby's Revenge. They discuss the movies they haven't seen. Carl saw Becoming Led Zeppelin & Lynn went to a lot of theatre. Plus Lynn recaps the St. Louis Theater Circle Awards 

March 26th, 2025 ft. Christine Gallagher

Jerome Pye - Vocals   Jeff George - Guitar

Dancing Days - 414 - 3-29-2025

This is a very nice stereo recording (AUD patched w/ SBD) remastered by Winston, of Led Zeppelin playing New Orleans on May 15, 1973. This is a fun performance which is one of the best of their May shows. 

I play the final trifecta of the night; Heartbreaker, Whole Lotta Love (with medleys aplenty), and Communication Breakdown. All performances are great and you will enjoy them. You will enjoy them.

Ep. 308 - Led Zeppelin New Orleans 1973

Taken from Led Zeppelin's “Physical Graffiti” album (1975), this little guitar piece uses a very special tuning for the guitar (CACGCE). Although it was originally played on folk guitar, I think it's perfectly suited to classical guitar.

Bron-Yr-Aur

This show, February 27, 1996, is the third to the last for Page/Plant's No Quarter tour, and it is smokin'! The band hasn't lost a step since their legendary Japanese shows of a few days prior. This is an excellent audience recording which maintains the high bar set in Japan, quality-wise. 

I play a ridiculously hot In The Evening, and the two encores which took the roof off the place. Black Dog and Rock and Roll. The latter two are sung with Robert Plant going alllllll out; hitting notes one doesn't expect. The band are in a great mood and the audience is locked in all the way. A great show with top of their game performances.

Ep. 309 - Page Plant Brisbane 1996

For the film Becoming Led Zeppelin, a documentary about the formative years of the group, the sound of the band was one of the most important elements. Supervising Sound Editor Nick Bergh had to figure out how to get the best possible audio quality from source material that was over half a century old. From tracking down quarter inch tapes in Australia, to finding the perfect pressings of albums, and having the National Archives hand deliver historical recordings, extraordinary efforts were given to make everything in the film sound it's authentic best. Nick tells us about how he personally did all the audio transfers, how he dealt with mostly mono material for use in an IMAX mix and lots more.
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305 - Becoming Led Zeppelin

Eight days after the shambolic Live Aid reunion Jimmy Page joined Robert Plant onstage at the Brendan Byrne Arena, in East Rutherford, NJ. The contrast between the two gigs couldn't be greater. Robert's voice is virtually perfect and Jimmy's guitar (and Jimmy himself) are in tune. 

I play an aching beautiful Young Boy Blues from his then current Honeydrippers EP, and then I play the two encores Jimmy played with the band; the first being a standard blues number (I don't know if it has a name), and then a fiery run through of Treat Her Right, which calls back to when they jammed the same tune two years earlier. 

This is a great performance and a shining testimony to the viability of a Page/Plant collaboration even back then, when they sniped at each other in the press.

Ep. 310 - Robert Plant with Jimmy Page NJ 1985

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Tonebenders is a Sound Design podcast dedicated to covering the worlds of sound editing, field recording and audio post production for film, television and gaming.  Through interviews and experiments we delve into everything from foley to plugins.  Check us out at www.tonebenderspodcast.com

Lynn Venhaus is a veteran journalist, specializing in features, entertainment writing and local news. Reviews movies for KTRS Radio, Webster-Kirkwood Times, www.PopLifeSTL.com and podcast, formerly known as Reel Times Trio, now PopLifeSTL.com Presents.
Carl "The Intern" Middleman has 30 years in the radio business in St. Louis, now working for Audacy (stations KMOX, KFTK, Y98, KEZK, WFUN and WHHL). He reviews film with Max Foizey on "Max on Movies" at KTRS and for this podcast.

Classical guitarist and composer from Paris 😁

A lifelong Led Zeppelin fan sharing live Zep and related shows with fans. There's way more to Zeppelin than their official releases. Also I do bonus episodes featuring live recordings of other classic rock artists. $heartofmarkness

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